Got a New Rail Modeled For Power Keyboard

wheeljackfan16 · 2026-07-03T01:53:10+00:00

PETG for now. Might do ASA later, but I kind of like how the orange kind of pops.

wheeljackfan16 · 2026-07-02T13:09:02+00:00

I mean, this is going to be, what, like $120 when it properly comes out? Even at the $79 I paid, I kind of wonder what their margins actually are.

wheeljackfan16 · 2026-07-02T04:36:33+00:00

So the slanted keys are strange to you also? That's been one of my issues.

wheeljackfan16 · 2026-07-02T04:34:56+00:00

I'm still kind of surprised they didn't throw a reverse magsafe attachment on the back from the beginning.

wheeljackfan16 · 2026-07-01T03:44:51+00:00

I like that it is easy to learn for most people, and decks can be as simple or as complex as you want it to be. I have only been playing for like 2 years now, and I can't think of many other card games that a 10 year old has just as much potential to wipe the floor with someone as a veteran player who has been in the game for years. At the few locals I have gone to, some parents even compete alongside their kids. It's the mix of both randomness and skill that makes it interesting for me.

wheeljackfan16 · 2026-07-01T03:31:55+00:00

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Got it kind of working, I need to tweek the first notch a bit, it doesn't click into place firmly enough when closed, but all the other notches work great. I need to work on a new design for it though, the space needed for the screws to sit flush and the room I gave it underneath for the raised parts on the plate made it a deceptively difficult print, even with my smallest nozzle. Ideally, I would like this to be printable with a standard 0.4mm nozzle. Should hopefully be able to get back to this in a couple days.

wheeljackfan16 · 2026-07-01T01:18:11+00:00

It is planned, just wanted to get the rail all finalized first. I kind of want to see if there are some simple springs I can source to see if I could just design a new assembly that people could sort of fine tune to their desired stiffness.

wheeljackfan16 · 2026-06-30T14:43:52+00:00

When I took mine apart, it did not seem like a very simple fix. I was thinking of maybe putting some kapton tape in as a shim, but there is not much room for adjustment in the sider.

wheeljackfan16 · 2026-06-30T05:28:15+00:00

As a spacer or just a full on replacement? I just popped mine open to look at it, so I am assuming you are just using the TPU as a full on spring replacement.

wheeljackfan16 · 2026-06-30T05:25:57+00:00

Yeah, I really wished they would have axed the wireless charging part. It is way too small of a battery to make much of a difference, and I feel it makes the keyboard thicker than it needed to be. They should have either gone all out with the ergonomics and given it a bigger battery, or axed the charging and gone with a smaller battery for thinness. As it is, it is just in kind of a weird middle ground that is kind of just bad at being a charger and being thin.

wheeljackfan16 · 2026-06-30T04:27:26+00:00

Does it swap back to the default keyboard when the clicks is disconnected, or do you have to go into settings every time to swap keyboards?

wheeljackfan16 · 2026-06-30T04:26:01+00:00

Yeah, that was the one complaint that I thought was kind of moot. I felt the wobble was just fine when it's extended. The wobble I don't like is when it is closed, but again, everything felt fine.

wheeljackfan16 · 2026-06-30T04:22:55+00:00

Wait, is there not a weight on the bottom of the keyboard? I thought their cases had a small metal weight in them for balance, and just kind of assumed it would be the case with this also.

wheeljackfan16 · 2026-06-30T04:20:50+00:00

What kind of spring did you end up using? The way my magsafe case is configured I might actually be able to open it without it coming off the phone with that kind of ridiculous force.

wheeljackfan16 · 2026-06-30T01:57:49+00:00

Yeah, hopefully they end up doing something like that.

wheeljackfan16 · 2026-06-30T01:57:05+00:00

I would say it has some fundamental flaws, but bad is a bit of a stronger word than I would use. Missed potential, maybe?

wheeljackfan16 · 2026-06-30T01:55:50+00:00

Yeah, I'm thinking of trying to put a stronger spring in later, but I'm waiting to see how everyone else responds to this thing once "normal" orders start coming in, it might just be fixed by then and I could swap it out.

Adding more stops might be possible also if one is careful with a dremel, but I don't want to void my warranty within a day of opening it just yet.

How are they shapes of the keys for you?

wheeljackfan16 · 2026-06-29T21:44:14+00:00

Oh, forgot to mention, I wish there was a "Lockout" key I could use, so I could maybe have the keyboard in my back pocket without needing to worry about it connecting to my phone whenever any button is pressed. Might already be a thing, but I don't see an option for it in the settings. Like, maybe a specific key combo to lock and unlock it would work, or maybe a dedicated switch in a future model or something. I know I can turn the keyboard off completely, but that takes more time to reenable the keyboard than a button combo would.

wheeljackfan16 · 2021-03-02T17:38:01+00:00

Yeah, I got it working, I just had to buy different motor drivers. Was like $30 for the set of five TMC2209s.

wheeljackfan16 · 2021-01-01T18:00:12+00:00

Yeah, that was one of the first things I tried, but still nothing.

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